By her daughter, Diane:

Mom was born August 3, 1909, probably in Sheffield, North Dakota. I honestly don’t know if she was born in a hospital or not. My big suspicion is she may have been born at her mom and dad’s farm. Because they were rather poor and only made their living from their farming, I’m sure there were no hospital births for many of the children.

Anthony Kohanek was born 30 May 1852 in Oppeln, Germany and immigrated to America in May 1879. At different times of his life he referred to his birthplace as ‘Prussia’ and ‘Poland’. His two brothers, Frank and Edward, immigrated to America within the next two years, while his sister Maria Kohanek Sepurek remained in Poland with her husband and children; at least three of Maria’s children immigrated to America between 1892 and 1895.